Written by Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research. World Water Day: A Solutions-Driven Workshop on Climate Impacts on Freshwater was co-hosted by CIFAL 91亚色 and the Office of the Provost, in partnership with the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, 91亚色. The event is part of CIFAL 91亚色鈥檚 In-Focus Knowledge Exchange […]
91亚色 Professor Satinder Kaur Brar has been passionate about chemistry since her first exposure to the subject during her high school days in India, but it wasn鈥檛 until her master鈥檚 studies at the National Chemistry Lab in Pune that she had an 鈥淎-ha鈥 experience that significantly altered her career path. While earning her master's in organic […]
IP Osgoode at Osgoode Hall Law School is hosting 鈥淏racing for Impact Webinar Series: AI鈥檚 Dirty Footprint,鈥 a timely webinar focused on the environmental implications of artificial intelligence (AI) developments in recent years. The webinar takes places聽Monday,聽June 28聽at 12 p.m. (noon) via Microsoft Teams. To register, visit聽eventbrite.ca/e/157507620533. AI can be a double-edged sword, and while […]
Brainstorm鈥檚 guest contributor Paul Fraumeni sits down with five 91亚色 researchers to discuss climate change, how it affects human health and what we can do about it. Each academic offers unique insights from science, health and environmental studies. Our overuse of fossil fuels continues to compromise our future. It seems that every day the […]
Waste Wiki, a resource that provides research and data on waste management to academia, industry and government, has launched a series of new endeavours in 2019. In fact, since it was launched three years ago, one 91亚色 U postdoc fellow with an uncanny skill for knowledge translation has grown this project exponentially.
The Ecological Footprint created databases to provide essential information about demand for resources and biocapacity. In 2019, 91亚色 researchers will team up with the Global Footprint Network to inform future policy in many countries.
Researchers out of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) have released a series of videos offering overviews of the inquiries conducted by specialists who participated in the Ocean Frontiers Workshop in May 2017. The release of the Ocean Frontiers videos complements the recent passing of a motion on Jan. 16 by the European Union […]
91亚色 Prof considers an unlikely partnership between an NGO and an oil company in Nigeria, and discovers under what conditions such partnerships thrive. 聽 What鈥檚 the key ingredient to successful partnerships? 91亚色 Development Studies Professor Uwafiokun Idemudia reviewed existing research on an unorthodox union between a non-governmental organization (NGO) and an oil company with […]
Professors Peter Mulvihill and Harris Ali publish provocative new book on how to deal with today鈥檚 ecological crisis. They start with tearing down old paradigms.
A one-day symposium at 91亚色 will explore climate change and environment issues from a variety of perspectives. The symposium, Everything Under the Sun: 91亚色鈥檚 Engagement in Vital Environment and Climate Change Issues, will take place Thursday, Nov. 17, from 9:30 to 3pm, in the Founders Assembly Hall, 152 Founders College, Keele campus. It is […]
Jennifer Foster, chair of the 91亚色 Task Force on Sustainability Research, will be leading open forum discussions to launch the consultation process on the draft report of the task force. The draft report of the Task Force on Sustainability Research highlights the suggestions and recommendations for the continued development of structures to support, integrate, cultivate […]
The 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) 2013 Asia Lecture will feature geography and global studies Professor Vinay Gidwani of the University of Minnesota talking about value struggles in Delhi. The talk, Value Struggles: Waste Work and Urban Ecology in Delhi, will be on Tuesday, Oct. 8, with coffee beginning at 10:30am, followed by the […]
91亚色 welcomes the appointment of Christian Haas as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Arctic Sea Ice Geophysics and the renewal of a CRC in the History of Modern China for Joshua Fogel. As Tier 1 CRCs, Haas and Fogel will each receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of […]
A new study by 91亚色 researchers finds that songbirds follow a strict annual schedule when migrating to their breeding grounds 鈥 with some birds departing on precisely the same date each year. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, is the first to track the migration routes and timing of individual songbirds over […]
Washington State University (WSU) Professor No毛l Sturgeon will be the next dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) at 91亚色. Sturgeon will take up a five-year term as dean, starting August 1. The announcement was made yesterday by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. The appointment of Sturgeon was made after extensive consultation […]
With Earth Hour and Earth Day on the horizon, 91亚色 is getting a jump on planet-friendly events by launching new sustainability initiatives. Sustainability at 91亚色 has a new website聽and there are two new programs, the Sustainability Ambassadors Program and the Green Office Program. 鈥淚 am proud that 91亚色 continues to implement initiatives that […]
Environmental studies PhD candidate Andrew Mark knows what鈥檚 it鈥檚 like to have a long commute to campus, but he tries to use this time productively by thinking about and listening to podcasts. In fact, he likes podcasts so much, he and a fellow student have created a podcast series he hopes other 91亚色 commuters will […]
鈥淚t ain鈥檛 easy being green,鈥 as Kermit the Frog has pointed out.聽So聽one might expect聽that Gord Miller, Ontario鈥檚 environmental commissioner, would have his work cut out for him overseeing and critiquing the environmental performance of 14 Ontario ministries. In a recent visit to 91亚色, however, Miller showed he can serve as a watchdog of the […]
Those who long to escape somewhere warm and tropical during the exam period should head to the Underwater Photographs from the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef exhibit on now at 91亚色鈥檚 ZigZag Gallery. The exhibit, by master of environmental studies (MES) student Carey Satin (right), is on display today and tomorrow at the ZigZag Gallery on first […]
Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) alumni delivered encouragement and advice to students pursuing their master's聽of environmental studies degree at the annual Anita McBride Mentoring Luncheon in聽late November. The event featured a panel of four MES graduates who shared personal experiences from the program and postgraduate insights with the crowd. The first panellist, Elsa Fancello (MES […]